Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-09
ISsULrERs oFTHE PRESIDENT,

And 80 there is one part Of this free
country where the President Of it cannot
go without laying the high dignity with
which he is invested by the American Peo-
pie, open to brutal insult.
These men who are dissatisfied with our
American institutions had better emigrate
10 lands where it is the fashion to insult
the ruler. It is new thing in this coun-
try. and its only expCnents, it was gener-
ally supposed, were made up of the class
of people represented IN the east by Herr
MoSr, in the west by Orator SCHELIING,
good examples of it being now IN an Hit
nois prison under sentence OF death. No
true American ever set this fashion or has
ever followed it, and it can scarcely be be-
heved that these followers in the footsteps
of the oppressiOn-born Anarchist, and who
should have their &. A. K. uniforms
stripped OF, have genuine American blood
in their veins. II there be any in
such receptacles II Is sally
degenerated. The true American is an in
tense party man. He feels Justly very sore
when his party il defeated. lie Is not
convinced by defeat. He keeps his own
convictions, strong - ever, ,and he is right
in 80 doing. tie will probably differ on
all questions of policy from the party in
power, which has defeated his own side.
He will criticIse it which is his undispnted
privilege. But, in the President, whom
his political opponents have elected to
power, the true American sees his own
President, the President Of the American
people He acknowledges him. He pays
him all the homage and respect due his
high office and dignity. lie does not wish
that dignity one jot less, because it is sus-
tanned by political opponent And he
will night to keep il intact. This IL the
true American. He bows and gracefully
yields to the will of the majority, and the
act sits we'll upon him. What, then, are
We 70 designate the man who SAYS 10 the
President, elected by the people, hut
whose political faith does not accord with
his own, III you come within reach OF my
voice will openly insult you. If you
come within reach OF my hand /
will do you bodily violence" What
are we to call such man? Are We to
call him an American 1t would be dis
grazing the Stars and Stripes, Americas
emblem. II would be As proper to call
Anarchist SPIISS au American. The one
has As much right TO the noble title Is the
other. Both are invested with all the
lights and privileges of Americans. Cold
law gives them the title. But they are
not Americans in the sight of WASHING
TON, LINCOLN and GRANT. They do not
belong 10 this country, because with
open brutality they repudiate its Chief
Representative, its President, the one
from ignorance of the blessings ola free
government, which he wishes to over
throw; the other from political hatred aud
malice. The latter says II will &C
knowledge no President that my vote does
not help elect, whose political opinions
arc not my Own, the will of the majority
of my fellow citizens to the contrary, not
wiIhstanding. And will insult and do
violence to that Pr sident wherever see
him"
That the Grand Army of the Republic is
not to be blamed because few illcOndi-
toned men unrighteOusly wear its veteran
badge is fully shown by the following
taken from Washington dispatch telling
of the visit Of a Massachusetts, post of the
G. A; R. to the White House, which Is one
of many like occurrences:
G. A. r Post No. 5, of Lynn, Mass,